Button is bigger and more powerful than pyongyangs. Pakistan denies u. S. Claims that its not doing enough to fight terrorism as washington pulled a quarter of a billion dollars of aid. And a cartoon about a gaza tells the bitter reality of life on the sea. The u. S. Has called for an emergency session of the u. N. Security council to discuss the protests in iran the iranian Supreme Leader has blamed his countrys enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters on a Police Officer have died a big security operation is in force in several cities mike hanna has the latest from the u. N. Headquarters in new york. Ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u. S. Priorities at the United Nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and
U. S. President donald trump hits back at north korea warning that his countrys Nuclear Button is bigger and more powerful than pyongyang. Pakistan denies u. S. Claims that its not doing enough to fight terrorism as washington calls more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid. Visit a school in new york thats providing more than just education for vulnerable children. The u. S. Has called for an emergency session of the u. N. Security council to discuss the protests in iran the Supreme Leader of iran has blamed his countrys enemies for six days of violence which is now claimed the lives of twenty one protesters and one policeman riot police are now out in force in several cities i can as the latest from u. N. Headquarters in new york. Ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u. S. Priorities at the United Nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the arraigning dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the d
In cities across iran, as Anti Government protests go on. At least 22 people have died since the demonstrations began seven days ago. Hundreds have been arrested. Irans Supreme Leader has broken his silence for the First Time Since the protests began, accusing his countrys enemies of stirring up the unrest. The protests are the boldest challenge to irans clerical leadership in almost a decade. The United States is seeking an emergency session of the un Security Council. Here is our middle east editorjeremy bowen. In tehran, squads of Motorbike Police are cruising the streets to break up groups of demonstrators. The protests have changed since they started last thursday. Gunshots. To begin with, they were about the economy. Most of the protesters are young men. More than 50 of iranians are under 30, and perhaps 40 of them are unemployed. But pent up political frustration is spilling out, and much of it has been directed at this man, the Supreme Leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. He is the
America should pay for infrastructure, not just gas. That is not right. Everybody benefits from it. Guest this is an interesting question. The federal gas tax was put in place as something of a surrogate for a toll or user fee. It was decided that was going to be the fairest way. All of this available on cspan. Org, washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern every day. We now go to the washington ali Washington Institute for near east policy. Story we would be focusing on would be the story, the story of protests, the mystic unrest domestic unrest , the biggest demonstrations we have seen since 2009. Whatever one expected to be talking about this week and next week was the question of sanctions waivers, a,certification of the gcpo and efforts of congress to annul the legislation. That is all still in play, but now it has been cast in a different light by what is happening inside iran. We have convened a panel of our experts to discuss this issue. The protest the protests in iran and
Welcome. Thank for making the effort to get here on this snow day. Not really but that qualifies her in washington. Needless to say i dont think any of us expected here in the first week of 2018 the iran story we are focusing on is the story of protest and the mystic unrest with the biggest demonstrations we have seen since 2009 on the contrary was the question of sanctions and waivers of the jcp away and efforts of congress to amend that legislation. That is in play but now cast in a different light. So now we have our experts for the implications for u. S. Policy from different angles. I will introduce folks the order i will call them. Patrick is the morningstar senior fellow director of research at the institute and will look at the background of these protests. What is happening inside iran economically to his the unrest. Then return to our colleague that is one of the most skillful interpreters where they might be going in the future. Then return to my guys instead as the director